Rated ‘GOOD’ by Ofsted in March 2023 you will join a dedicated, stable leadership team who are passionate about making a positive difference to children’s lives by realising the potential for our children in care and supporting them to live within family networks.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast paced, collaborative environment where children and young people are at the heart of everything we do. The role is integral to realising our vision and you will lead a team of social workers, adopting our connections count, relationship-based practice model, in ensuring good quality services for children in care and subject to care proceedings. You will be responsible for delivering plans and service priorities, whilst ensuring high standards of practice and positive outcomes for children.

About you….

You will need to be a registered social worker with SWE and have significant post qualifying experience working with children and families in the statutory sector.

You will be able to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with internal and external partner agencies to ensure positive outcomes for children in care.

You will have strong leadership skills and be a good problem solver, supporting your team of practitioners to make best interest decisions for children in line with legislative, regulatory and best practice guidelines.

You will use management information systems to maintain effectively drive good performance and quality of the practice in your team.

You will demonstrate professionalism, leadership and accountability and possess excellent skills in problem solving, analys is and planning.

About Us…..why we are different as a Trust….

We know and understand that social work management is hard work and challenging at times, that’s why we reward you with a very attractive employment offer and excellent benefits.

Alongside regular supervision, access to training and shared learning, a comprehensive  well-being support offer, we offer a wider range of benefits available including competitive rewards and pension, a generous annual leave package with 30 days leave plus bank holidays; ‘Recruitment incentive’, Retention payment from day 1 of joining and our recently launched Salary Sacrifice Car Leasing Scheme; to name a few.  To find out more click HERE

If you would like to be part of our passionate and dedicated social work service and are committed to continuous improvement, then we would love to hear from you and encourage you to apply today. 

If you are interested in the role we would love to hear from you. If you have any queries about the role please contact lucy.benton@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk  or Michelle.Robinson@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk to have an informal discussion about the  role.

We are currently looking for candidates who have full permission to work in the UK. We will not be able to provide sponsorship.

Interviews will be held on 15^th May at Lifford House, Fordhouse Lane, Kings Norton

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

We actively deliver services that are culturally responsive to the needs of the children, parents and carers we work with to deliver equality, diversity and inclusivity in all we do.